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nest eggˈnest egg noun [countable]   - Eileen and Harry had to dip into their retirement nest egg to pay for their son's college fees.
- But it is also a good idea to keep a nest egg for emergencies.
- In the intervening years, as property taxes ate away at their nest egg, their proposals for other developments fell flat.
- Royal Liver is also sitting on a large nest egg.
- The nest egg grew and grew; improbably, unbelievably, it grew.
- When properly managed, they offer the prospect of a tidy retirement nest egg.
the money you have saved► savings · The old woman kept her savings in a big jar under her bed.· I'm paying for the course out of my own savings.savings of · Do you have savings of £3000 or more?· You may qualify for state benefit if you have less than £8000 in savings.somebody's life savings (=all the money you have saved in your life) · My parents spent their life savings on a retirement home in Florida. ► nest egg an amount of money that you have saved for the time when you stop working, get married etc: · This investment will be a nice little nest egg for you when you get married.· A long period of high inflation will eventually reduce the value of your nest egg. an amount of money that you have saved so that you can use it for something special in the future:  They had to use part of their retirement nest egg to pay for their son’s college fees. |